Difference between Slice and Cut

What is the difference between Slice and Cut?

Slice as a verb is to cut into slices. while Cut as a verb is to perform an incision, for example with a knife.

Slice

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cut into slices. To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which is thin and broad. A thin, broad piece cut off. A piece of pizza. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling. A broad, thin piece of plaster. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. A salver, platter, or tray. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching. A removable sliding bottom to galley. A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices. A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

Cut

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having been cut.Reduced.Carved into a shape; not raw.Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.Circumcised.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An opening resulting from cutting.The act of cutting.The result of cutting.A share or portion.A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.The manner or style a garment is fashioned in.A slab, especially of meat.An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To perform an incision, for example with a knife.To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.To enter a queue in the wrong place.To cease recording activities.To reduce, especially intentionally.To form or shape by cutting.To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.To not attend a class, especially when not permitted.To change direction suddenly.To divide a pack of playing cards into twoTo dilute a liquid, usually alcohol.

Example sentence: As long as somebody 'CTC,' at the end of the day I'm with them. For all you that don't know what CTC means, that's 'Cut The Check.'

We hope you now know whether to use Slice or Cut in your sentence.

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